Re: Is anybody using "NotMuch" as an email client?

[Björn Bidar]

Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> writes:

> On So 14 Jul 2024 at 02:46, Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> wrote:
>
>> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>>
>>>> Is "POP3" supported?   Decades ago I opted for "POP3" because "IMAP" (at
>>>> least then) was unable to do things the way I wanted them done.
>>>
>>> Notmuch doesn't do much: it doesn't do any internet protocols. It's
>>> basically just a database and a command-line tool for that. Other tools
>>> are needed, like "fetchmail" or some IMAP synchronizing tool for getting
>>> the mail, Notmuch for indexing and searching the mail files, Notmuch
>>> Emacs (or other client) for user interface and mail sending (SMTP).
>>>
>>> Notmuch Emacs client can be configured to join the parts together but
>>> user must write a "hook script" for getting the mail and putting the
>>> files in the right place. The script could handle spam filtering, for
>>> example. Mine uses "bogofilter" for spam and does some mail tagging like
>>> adding "mute" or "follow" tags for mail I don't want or want to see.
>>
>> I want to add that Notmuch much doesn't do pop but using either a POP3 
>> synchronizing client
>> or a client synchronizes against IMAP will pretty much keep your POP3
>> centered workflow.
>> However if you also use IMAP it gets messy or at least conflicts with
>> the server centered workflow as Notmuch only indexes emails from a file
>> system and not against an IMAP server.
>
> I have it runnung with both several POP and IMAP accounts without any
> problem.

Of course it works but using IMAP by downloading every email and
indexing them locally (one way only?) pretty much turns IMAP into a more
modern version of POP3.